Provenance Researcher for Ancient Art Gallery in London
Salary/Rate:£25k
Job type:Full-Time
Town/City:London
Sector:Art Galleries and Dealers
Level:Entry (0-5 years)
Set Up:Onsite
Post Date:11.11.26
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About the Role
Our client is looking for an intelligent Provenance Researcher to join their team. This role will provide critical research and support and work closely with a senior member of staff.
The Ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate critical awareness of key discourses within the art world.
Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- In-depth research of artworks
- Provenance research, attributions, and bibliography of current and prospective objects
- Cataloguing, documenting, and updating the database accordingly
- Writing entries based on specialist research (including provenance, bibliography compilation, and illustration lists)
- Working on loan requests
- Working on publication projects
- Proofreading and fact-checking
- Archival research
- Providing administrative support to senior staff
- Consult and liaise with experts, curators and institutions internationally to obtain artwork/image/artist information and documents
Person Specification
- At least 2 years of experience working in the art world
- Ideally educated to at least Master's level in a relevant Art programme
- Experience researching artworks, clients, sourcing and performing provenance checks
- Great writer academically; experience of writing for the web is highly advantageous
- Experienced in using gallery management software and databases
- IT literate
- Confident and able to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
- Detail-oriented person
- Fluent in written and spoken English, with any additional languages highly desirable
- Highly motivated
Role is full-time, on-site, and permanent
Salary: DOE, around £25k per annum
To start ASAP
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